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---
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title: usenet news
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category: tutorials
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author:
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- deepend
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- audiodude
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- xwindows
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---
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## As of 2020-04-14 news is back up!
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You'll need a news (NNTP) client to read news.
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The address to use inside of Tilde.club
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is `localhost` port 119.
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The address to use outside is `news.tilde.club` port 119 (plain),
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or port 563 (with TLS,
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available since 2023-02-17).
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If you connect from outside of Tilde servers,
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e.g. from home,
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you would have to use TLS
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and authenticate using your Tilde.club username and password,
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to be able to post.
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This netnews service is brought to you by [~deepend](../~deepend) (administrator)
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and [~xwindows](/~xwindows/) (technical troubleshooter).
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## News clients
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### slrn
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[slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see [http://slrn.sourceforge.net/](http://slrn.sourceforge.net/) for details.
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First, add `export NNTPSERVER="localhost"` to your shellrc (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`)
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and source it (`source path/to/.shellrc`).
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Then run `slrn --create` to create the slrn config file, and lastly `slrn -d` to
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populate group names.
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You're now ready to run `slrn`! If the list is empty, press `L` (for list-groups) and enter `*` in the field for all groups. You might need to enter each group (pressing `space`) to get a proper count for how many (if any) unread messages there are.
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### pine/alpine
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Pine can read news; this
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[tutorial](http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html) might help.
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You can also read the [FAQ from U Washington](http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html).
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If you use Pine from inside Tilde.club,
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configure it by:
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1. 'S' for setup, 'C' for config, then
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1. set 'NNTP Server (for news)' to `localhost`
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1. Then go back to the main menu, and pick Folder List,
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1. A for add, ^t for list
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### Emacs
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`M-x gnus` in emacs can read news, but you better know [emacs](emacs.html) first before you start.
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### lynx
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Lynx reads news, a la `lynx nntp://news.tilde.club/local.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers.
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### tin
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There is also [tin](tin.html).
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### Thunderbird
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If you are a Tilde.club member and already using Thunderbird for email;
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it can also be configured for news.
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1. Go to the `Tools` menu
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(`Edit` menu in case of Unix-like system) -> `Account Settings`.
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Or in versions without a menu bar:
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hamburger menu -> `Preferences` -> `Account Settings`.
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1. Under `Account Actions` click `Add Other Account...`
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1. Select "Newsgroup Account"
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1. Type in the name you and email address you want associated with your posts.
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This can be your real name and tilde.club email address, or any other name
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(like your tilde username) and any other email address.
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1. For the "Newsgroup Server" type `news.tilde.club`. Give it a name
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("news.tilde.club" works fine), confirm a couple of times,
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and you should see a new entry for news.tilde.club
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in the left panel of the Account Settings dialog.
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1. Select `Server Settings` under it,
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and change `Connection security` to "SSL/TLS";
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you would see that the `Port` setting above it changed to 563.
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(If it doesn't do that automatically,
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make it so)
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1. Press OK to close the Account Settings dialog.
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1. Right click on "news.tilde.club" in your accounts list and click
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`Subscribe...`
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1. You should see a dialog with a tree of news topics. Click one and click
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`Subscribe` to subscribe to the topic. When Thunderbird is running, it will
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periodically check for new messages to each of these topics. You will also
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see a list of topics in your accounts list with unread counts.
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1. To post to a topic, open the topic and click the "Write" button.
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1. When you click `Send` on your new post,
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Thunderbird would ask for your Tilde.club username and password
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(which is the same as the one you use on your [Tilde.club email](email.html)).
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